Pickett Fire (2025): burned area, damage and fire history

Key facts

Started	August 21, 2025
Contained	September 7, 2025, after 17 days
Burned	6,822 acres 12th largest fire of 2025
Cause	Not recorded
Buildings	5 destroyed, 0 damaged

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Where it burned

County

Napa County 6,820 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

Buildings damaged

Destroyed Over 50% damaged 5

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

1957 C. Scott Fire 274 acres in total 123 acres shared
1959 G. Heibel Fire 1,412 acres in total 1,173 acres shared
1964 C. Hanly Fire 55,961 acres in total 4,164 acres shared
2008 Aetna Fire 77 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 12 acres shared
2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 237 acres shared
2020 Glass Fire 67,484 acres in total 5,748 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pickett Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history: CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program; Published 28 July 2026
Building damage: CAL FIRE Damage Inspection; Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data